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Read what happened on remand in this case here.
On July 17, 2013 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in the case of Vacha v. N. Ridgeville, 2013-Ohio-3020. The case was accepted on both certified conflict and discretionary appeal. The issues in the case are whether R.C. 2744.09(B), an exception…
On July 16, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Stammco, L.L.C., v. United Tel. Co. of Ohio, 2013-Ohio-3019. By a vote of 5-2 in an opinion written by Justice Kennedy, the Court held that the trial court was correct in refusing to allow this case to proceed as a…
Update: The Supreme Court of Ohio effectively overruled this opinion in new amendments to Rule 8.2 of the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct. Read about that here.
I haven’t been a judge in a long time, yet many people still call me Judge Bettman. I appreciate the courtesy, but I don’t think of myself that…
Both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ohio Supreme Court take the summer off from hearing cases, but with different schedules. The U.S. Supreme Court releases all of its submitted cases by the end of June, and then adjourns until its new term begins the first Monday in October. Usually, it saves the most important…
Update: on October 16, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On June 11, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Jeffrey Morrow v. Sherri Becker, 2012-1674, and 2012-1898. The case was accepted on discretionary appeal and conflict certification and the…
Update: on October 16, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On June 11, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Jeffrey Morrow v. Sherri Becker, 2012-1674, and 2012-1898. The case was accepted on discretionary appeal and conflict certification and the…
Update: on March 12, 2014, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. read the analysis here.
On June 11, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Eric Long, 2012-1410. At issue in this case is whether, if not mandatory, the state can…
Update: on March 12, 2014, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the oral argument of this case here.
On June 11, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Eric Long, 2012-1410…
Update: on October 16, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On June 11, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Jeffrey Morrow v. Sherri Becker, 2012-1674, and 2012-1898. The…
On April 30, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in State v. Smith, Slip Opinion No. 2013-Ohio-1698. This guest post on the merit decision in this case is by my colleague Kenyatta Mickles, Director of the University of Cincinnati College of Law Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic. In a 4-3…
